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IRIS Indigo -- 5.3 Network setup and MAC Address woes - indigofan - 11-15-2021
Been trying multiple guides, but still can not get IRIX 5.3 on the net.. Last step in getting my IRIS Indigo R3K up and running.. Keeps barking about the EC0 interface.. From memory, I need to do an ifconfig right to set up the primary interface? I have edited all the files from all the guides, but still nada.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - Raion - 11-15-2021
Nope.
http://archive.irixnet.org/apocrypha/the-lost-chapters/ch2.html
Refer to section on Routing
Quote:This is definately the most complicated task, especially for older IRIX releases. Because different IRIX versions require different approaches, this item is split up into three subitems.
IRIX 5.3 Edit the file /etc/rc2.d/S30network. Go to line 355 and put in the following line after the else:
Code:$ROUTE add default 192.168.1.1 1
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - indigofan - 11-15-2021
(11-15-2021, 06:04 PM)Raion Wrote: Nope.
http://archive.irixnet.org/apocrypha/the-lost-chapters/ch2.html
Refer to section on Routing
Quote:This is definately the most complicated task, especially for older IRIX releases. Because different IRIX versions require different approaches, this item is split up into three subitems.
IRIX 5.3 Edit the file /etc/rc2.d/S30network. Go to line 355 and put in the following line after the else:
Code:$ROUTE add default 192.168.1.1 1
Have that setup already... Now I remember, ifconfig is for setting up ipaliases for extra IP addresses to interface to a networking interface for webservers...
Set the IP address in the PROM, as it was different than the files that are hard coded.. Also gives me an error when booting up that interface EC0 has a bad IP address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
How can I translate 192.168.0.90 into hex?
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - Raion - 11-15-2021
If your system has a bad interface that's basically caused by the Dallas chip being out of date and it can prevent you from connecting to networks usually.
Is this an indy or what?
Setting it in the p rom does nothing for the operating system proper
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - lunatic - 11-15-2021
Have you read the old pages by Gerhard about the Indigo R3000?
http://www.sgistuff.net/hardware/systems/indigo.html
Just read down to "Problems" and then: "Battery Failure" and "Bad eaddr".
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - indigofan - 11-16-2021
(11-15-2021, 10:29 PM)lunatic Wrote: Have you read the old pages by Gerhard about the Indigo R3000?Well that's the ticket, Bad eaddr... Seems I need to figure out how to replumb a new Mac address into the chip.. Battery has been replaced, time set correctly, so last and final hurdle.
http://www.sgistuff.net/hardware/systems/indigo.html
Just read down to "Problems" and then: "Battery Failure" and "Bad eaddr".
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - lunatic - 11-16-2021
On the IP12, you should be able to set the ethernet address in the boot prom. Something like 08:00:69:12:34:56 should be fine as long as it's unique. I am not really sure if there is some check, but it should start with 08:00:69, because that's the vendor code for SGI.
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - indigofan - 11-16-2021
(11-16-2021, 12:50 PM)lunatic Wrote: On the IP12, you should be able to set the ethernet address in the boot prom. Something like 08:00:69:12:34:56 should be fine as long as it's unique. I am not really sure if there is some check, but it should start with 08:00:69, because that's the vendor code for SGI.It won't stick.. So I guess that means that I need to find a replacement chip.
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - lunatic - 11-16-2021
good. That's like 1$ + shipping. You just need to find the correct one. I think the chip on the backplane is even socketed.
RE: IRIX 5.3 Networking Setup - indigofan - 11-16-2021
It's the L1 chip right? If so then it is socketed.